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HIGH LIFE February 26, 1925 Higk Life Published Bi-Weekly by the Students of The Greensboro High School Greensboro, N. C. Founded by the Class of ’21 EXECUTIVE STAFF Editor-in-Chief Lois Dorset! Associate Editor Elizabeth Stone Associate Editor Alfred Dixon Junior Associate Editor Helen Felder Junior Associate Editor Georgia Stewart Jr. Assoc. Editor Charlotte Van Noppen Athletic Editor Virginia Jackson Athletic Editor Elizabeth Darling xithletic Editor Clarence Stone Alumni Editor Virginia McClamroch Literary Editor Martha Broadhurst Exchange Editor Virginia Jackson Assignment Editor Helen Forbis Assignment Editor Moyer Sink Scoop Editor J. D. McNairy Typist Editor Virginia Bain Typist Editor Bernice Henley Typist Editor Walter Smalley Typist Editor Beatrice Williams Business Manager Byron Sharpe Asst. Business Mgr. P. B. Whittington Circtdation Manager Martha Broadhurst Faculty Head Miss Inabelle Coleman Faculty Adviser Mr. W. R. Wunsch Faculty Adviser Miss Geraldine Kelly Faculty Adviser Miss Mary Wheeler BETTER SPEECH It is our duty to do our part in im proving sxieech. There is a mental strug gle to be gone through, or a sacrifice of bad comiianions in speech. d’kis unique campaign was decided on in 191G by the National Council of Eng lish as a means of bettering the speech of the country. It is used each year to try to remedy the most glaring mistakes made by students so that the generations to come will be influenced for better speech. The student body must support this movement. It takes grit and persever- ence to do anything with so stubborn a subject, but it has to be done, and the students are the ones who must do it. When Better Speech Week is over, keep up the fight. Make the campaign eternal. Don’t allow your enemy, Bad Language, to be resuscitated, to be re vivified. Keep up the good work. SENIOR HALLS A few days ago as the new building was being finished up to await the ar rival of the Freshman class from Junior High School, someone started the rumor that this building was not to be occu pied by the Freshmen but by the Seniors, and was to be called Senior Hall. But this was just a rumor. There are many reasons why this build ing should and could be called Senior Hall, and be tbe home of the Seniors while they are at school, yet not throw ing out or lowering the class of ’29. The Seniors always have had special jirivileges around the school, and why not add this to the list? The class of this year has had to go through the “barns” and put up with the many in conveniences that this school has, so why not let them be in and around a real building before they leave school and go out into life? By putting all the members of the Senior class together in one building, it would simply many things; for instance, the Senior class meetings could be held in one part of the building without dis turbing the other jieople of the school. Then again, if all the members of the Senior class were put together in this way it would develop a wonderful class spirit both with the upper classmen and the lower. The Seniors would take bet ter care of this building and appreciate it more than the new class because, hav ing been taught how to care for the property of the school during the past years, they would now show that they could keep this place as it should be kept, and they woud surely apiireciate some thing new. I There are many more reasons why the Senior class should first have this build ing, but it seems that the Freshmen will get it this year, so there is no use cry ing over spilt milk. The class of ’25 wel comes the class of ’29 to the High School, and may they enjoy the new building to the fullest! FEBRUARY What does February mean to you? Does it mean the last month of winter, or the awakening of spring? February, to most of us, is just an other month in the year. It has no real importance to us unless we stop and look at the things about us. If we are observant, we notice that the sun shines a little warmer; that the pussy-willows are beginning to bud—the promise of siiring; that the blue-birds have returned and so, we say, surely spring. is hiding around the corner. But February brings to our mind something more than just the beginning of spring, the beginning of the lives of some of the world’s greatest men. To us probably Washington and Lin coln are the ones of whom we first think. Then comes Thomas JefPerson, another President. Among the writers come Vic tor Hugo, the greatest French short- story writer; Charles Dickens, and Sir Thomas More, English writers. Ameri ca claims Lowell, Longfellow, Sidney Lanier—all poets born in February. Not only does February have among its number presidents and writers, but also the inventors, Thomas A. Edison and Peter Cooxier. Charles Darwin, the great scientist and author of the Dar winian theory, first saw the light of day in this month. The generals who started their lives in February are C. C. Pinck ney, who fought in the Revolutionary war, and W. T. Sherman, a general in the Civil war. David Garrick, an actor; Horace Gree ley, a journalist; Susan B. Anthony, a woman suifrage leader; Cardinal New man ,and Dwight L. Moody, the great evangelist, were all born in the second month. February should be a month of music, for Mendelssohn, Choiiin, Handel, and Rossini were born in February. The painters have Rajihael in their list of February celebrities. February ,the shortest month of the year, has given the world some of its greatest men. Were you born in Feb ruary ? Charlotte Van Noppen. THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL And this is the writing that was writ ten— “Thou art weighted in the balances, and art found wanting.” (Dan. 5:25.) The walls of various high schools pre sent varied and interesting contrasts. Bright and shiny walls may be in evi dence (reflecting the brilliance of new paint), indicating a newly completed, spick-and-span school, and the determi nation of the pupils to keep it so. There may be blackened walls, dingy and dirty, contrasting with a new exterior, and thus completely giving away the sloven liness of the student body. The walls may arise sheer and drear, giving the Impression of sternness and strict dis cipline. And most interesting and de lightful to the observer, the walls may be practically covered, not with dirt and grime, but with jiosters and announce ments, clippings and records of high school and general interest, interesting material relative to various studies, and, always the center of a lively group, the latest jest to be found. Such a view has been jiresented to tbe observer of G. H. S. for the past sev eral terms. And without the least pre sumption it was a spectacle in which one could well take pride. For some time the faculty has had charge of these bulletin boards, but at the beginning of tbis year they were turned over to the students, nearly all the clubs and classes having their own nook. Throughout the first semester the bulletin boards were well kept up and jiroved a constant cen ter of interest. They were lively and never iiermitted the halls to be dull. They established themselves more than ever as an institution of the school. However, at the start of the second term of school, there was an abrupt, un accountable change, brought about, it seemed, by some mysterious influence. The walls became barren wastes, devoid of interest. No more were gayly-col- ored posters announcing club meetings to be seen. And no more to be seen were any other of the things that have been so sparkling, so fascinating, a re flection of our school life. The influence that brought this about was not in the least mysterious. It was merely the stop ping of those in charge, an inexcusable indifference. But are the rest of us going to stand by without making pro test? High Life, as a school organ, presents this question. Shall we not take action? In ancient days the handwriting on the wall indicated to those around that they “were weighed in the balances and found wanting.” Shall we let the blankness of our walls stare us in the face and find us wanting? * * * Since the above was written, the bul letin boards have imjiroved. Those in charge have done nicely, though not as well as before. The imjirovement has only served, however, to add point to the above. The visible difference made by the reappearance of the bulletin boards has accentuated their need, mak ing it still more desirable that they be kejit up and improved all the time. JUSTICE LOVING CUP Have you ever tried v/riting a short- story? If not, now is the time to be gin. Get busy and win the beautiful loving-cup offered yearly by Mrs. R. L. Justice of this city to the author of the best short-story of the year. Any Greensboro High School student may take jiart in the contest; Freshmen as well as Seniors stand a chance. There are no regulations as to type, length, or style of story; the only requirement is that the plot be original. The stories, however, must be in the hands of the English teachers by May 1. The cuji, with the name of the winner engraved on it, will be jiresented com mencement night, and the lucky jierson may be its proud guardian for a year. Mrs. Justice instituted this contest two years ago. Jennie May Fife was the winner the first year, and last year Mar tha Broadhurst, of the jiresent Senior class, was the successful one. Let’s see whose name will be added this year. MOREHEAD LOVING CUP Now that the port terminals question is about to be definitely and finally set tled by the members of the debating club, and the hockey team at last to be ma terialized, another contest looms up to make itself heard. The Morehead cuii, awarded by Mrs. Kate Morehead through the Daughters of the Revolution, is of fered for the best sketch or essay on the Colonial or Revolutionary history of North Carolina. There is no specified subject nor is there a limit to the paper written. The only “rule” of this contest is that Sen iors only may contest, and that, for the convenience of the judges, the paper must be handed to Mrs. Phillips or Miss Blackman before Ajiril 15. The cup), engraved with the winner’s name, will be awarded graduation night, and may be kept by the winner until June, 1926, when it is again awarded. Aside from the fact that the award is worthy of the contest, we want the Seniors to return the interest shown in them,—by offering this prize to them exclusively,—by entering whole-souled. Let’s show these D. A. R.’s that G. H. S. still produces its Louise Amoles, Eve lyn Trogdens, and Thomas Shaws. CARS Somebody is going to say, “Fle could have missed her if cars had not been parked on both sides of the street”— unless drivers place automobiles where they belong. Why will owners leave their cars on the side of the street next to the school building? Probably because the other side is full and they do not want to go back home and walk the block to school. Probably because that section is forbidden territory. Mr. Ed wards has repeatedly asked that autos be parked on the ojiposite side only. We could look ahead and jirophesy that the solution of the jiroblem will come in either of two ways. Looking at the situation in a bad humor, we al ready see a wrecked car, a crushed and mangled body, and the excited crowd. The sight would furnish imjiressions deep enough to enforce the law. The other view of the situation is that this reminder will awaken G. H. S. driv ers to the realization that laws have a purpose and must be carried out. We deliberately take this viewpoint because we trust that good judgment of our drivers will finally assert itself. We believe that no one will have the chance to blame an accident on jiarking. Lois Dorsett. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO COLLEGE? Wake Forest College The 100th anniversary of Wake For est college is to be celebrated in 1934, and a drive is being put on to accommo date 1,000 students by this time. The construction of two more large build ings, a new library, and a student build ing is included in the program. The Bastwich building, one of the finest in the South, has just been completed. In regard to athletics, it is only nec essary to mention that Wake Forest pro duced two championship teams in 1924. Garrity, one of the best coaches in the South, led the varsity football team to victory. But, more interesting still to high school boys, is tbe fact that the Freshmen hold the same honor. Coach Hayes, the best all-round athlete of Mis souri Valle, is the man who developed the Babies into football giants. It is interesting to note that Wake Forest college has produced some 36 college presidents, and more newspaper men than any college in the state. Beloit College “Come to Beloit, the best college in the Middle West!” It is co-educational; its scholarship re quirement for entrance is high; it is just the right distance from home. Try it— you’ll like it. SPEECH AND ITS PRODUCTS As a vessel is known by the sound whether it be cracked or not, so men are proved by their speeches whether they be wise or foolish.—Demosthenes. Better jiointed speeches than iiointed bullets.—Selected. Such being the hapjiiness of the times that jmu may think as you wish and speak as you think.—Selected. Eat, sjieak and move under the influ ence of the most received star and though the devil lead the measure such are to be followed.—Selected. It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.—Selected. Say she be mute and will not speak a word; then I’ll commend her volubil ity and say she uttereth piercing elo quence.—Taming of the Shrew. Whoe’er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known. They are found shallow. —Sophocles. Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.—John Selden. All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price—Juvenal, Just at the age ’twixt boy and youth When thought is speech and speech is truth, ■—Selected. JOINT P. T. A. MEETING OBSERVES NATIONAL CHILD WELFARE WEEK (Continued from 2>age one) A very clever skit was given by four high school girls. Misses Lois Schoon over, Martha Broadhurst, Virginia Mc Clamroch and Mildred Michaux. Fol lowing this, Charles Phillips, of Cald well school, gave an excellent talk on the opportunities afforded by a high school education, and 4V. M. York, a former high school instructor, took as his subject for an interesting talk, “Am I My Neigh bor’s Keeper?” Child welfare, which was emphasized throughout the program, was further dis cussed by Miss Lillian Killingsworth, who spoke of the material needs of wel fare work among high school students. Following her talk a silver offering was taken to further that work in the high school, and a number of pledges were made for its support. Lee Edwards, acting superintendent, heartily commend ed the work of the Parent-Teacher asso ciations, and gave it his most sincere indorsement. At the close of the meeting Mrs. T. B. Comer, who is in charge of the school cafeteria, invited the entire audience into the school cafeteria for tea. High Lights On ‘‘Hi” Edited by Helen Felder (With apologies to all the teachers) A WALKER went out of the EAST HALL into a GREEN GLENN, her PULTZ quickened by a FARTHING’S worth of WINE. A MARTIN FLEW out of a BUSH and lit on her KELLY. She ran across the RANKIN SAPP of the school wUo was a new-COMER. She stayed away until the COLEMAN had o WHEEL-ER BECK-WITH JOHN’S- TON flivver. How little it takes sometimes to cre ate a great deal of excitement 1 If our Dean of Girls had just seen fit to en lighten us as to who the gentleman was wLo took lunch with her a few days ago, we could have much better concentrated on our lessons for the balance of the day. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to provide traffic lights in our halls, similar to the ones they have just installed in the busi ness section of our city? If it did noth ing more it would give us an excuse for being late at classes. We could then ex plain that we were held up by the traffic. To change the language of Caesar somewhat—All High School is divided into three parts: Recitations, Examina tions and Recapitulations. C-olem.an H-all E-ast C-ausey E-ill ingsworth M-artin A-ycock T-illet , E-ast After you have attempted to solve this, look up the result in the dictionary. We see where a girl out West named Cash has won a $100 iirize offered by a man in a beauty contest. We wonder if by any chance her full name might be Countess Cash. We wonder also if his name is Bill. History repeats itself, it is said. It did seem so recently when the mob rushed Miss' Tillet’s room. It certainly made us think of the hapless King Louis XVI of France on whom there rushed events which he was powerless to stop. We truly pitied Miss Tillet when the tor rent of “Better Speech” posters drenched her; they came in so fast, she had to line up the contributors against the wall to get order out of chaos. Miss Causey said that when Better Speech Week came she thought she would speak in French most of the time, for very few people could tell then whether her speech was correct or not. Miss Martin evidently thinks so, too. We less fortunate mortals can’t say that we blame them, but we do envy them that ability. Boys, get to work! There’s a new fad out that you have overlooked—sewing! The Earl of Listowel in England is said to be as expert a needleman as a hunter, and expects to enter the needlework con test to be opened in May by Princess Mary. Lord Carmichael is in the same class. Don’t let the English get ahead of you, fellows! Beat them at their own game! With due apology to Mr. Wunsch, his “find” in Troy Ziglar for “Seventeen” reminds us of the fact that the latest gold “strike” in New South Wales was started by a boy digging up a small nug get of gold while playing with a com panion. The “find” in each case led to bigger things; one, to the conclusion that there is lots of hidden material in G. H. S.; the other, to a gold “strike.” Caesar probably would “drop in his tracks” if he knew some of the sayings attributed to him—for instance: “How many doughnuts have you eaten, Cae sar?” “Et tu. Brute!” Even the Torchlight Society has the play fever. The prize offered attests that. I trim my lamj!, consume the midnight oil.—Shenstone.